Pacific Invasives Learning Network Launch and First Annual Meeting Palau 22 - 26 May 2006
Meeting Report
Dr Jill Key PILN Coordinator. May 2006 SPREP, PO Box 240, Apia, Samoa +685 21929 ext 276, [email protected]
1 Contents
List of Acronyms ...... 3 Executive summary...... 4 Opening Remarks...... 7 Meeting Report ...... 11 Background...... 11 Peer Learning Networks ...... 11 The Palau meeting...... 12 Outputs...... 14 Initial analysis of lessons learned in priority technical areas...... 14 Public awareness...... 14 Strategic planning ...... 14 Weed management...... 15 Island restoration...... 15 Network needs identified ...... 16 PILN work programme defined for the 2-year pilot programme ...... 17 Team Action Plans...... 17 American Samoa...... 17 Guam...... 18 Niue...... 19 Palau...... 20 Pohnpei ...... 21 Samoa...... 22 Partner and CEPF grantee commitments ...... 24 PILN mission and terms of reference defined, logo reviewed...... 26 Agreement on how to measure PILN effectiveness...... 26 Palau meeting evaluation ...... 29 Other outputs...... 30 Launch of the CDROM version of the Global Invasive Species Database ...... 30 Revision of the Regional Invasive Species Strategy...... 30 CEPF project management feedback...... 31 Inventory of current invasive species activities...... 31 Conclusions...... 32 Acknowledgements...... 33 Thanks to our sponsors ...... 33 List of other documents relevant to the meeting...... 34 Annexes...... 34 Background documents...... 34
2 List of Acronyms
CEPF Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund CI Conservation International, a PILN Partner GEF Global Environment Facility GISD Global Invasive Species Database IAS Invasive Alien Species ISM Invasive Species Management ISSG Invasive Species Specialist Group, a PILN Partner NFWF National Fish and Wildlife Foundation NPAS National Park of American Samoa, a PILN Close Collaborator OERC Office of Environmental Response and Coordination of Palau, a PILN Partner PII Pacific Invasives Initiative, a programme of the Cooperative Islands Initiative, a PILN Close Collaborator PILN Pacific Invasives Learning Network PISM Pacific Invasive Species Management project, a new Global Environment Facility project. SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Community, a PILN Partner SPREP Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, a PILN Partner TNC The Nature Conservancy, a PILN Partner USDOS United States Department of State USFS United States Forest Service, a PILN Partner USP University of the South Pacific, a PILN Partner
Meeting participants on the field trip. Photo: Tavita Togia.
3 Executive summary